Jewelry and method of manufacturing the same



H. W. F ISHEL.

JEWELRY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME.

APPLICATION m n MAY 31. 1919.

1,361,704. Patenied Dec. 7,1920.

INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

\ State of HENRY w. 'FISHEL, or NEW YORKQN'. Y.

JEWELRY AND ME'rnonoE MANUFACTURING THE SAME Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 7, 1920.

Application filed May 31, 1919. SerialNo. 301,069.

T all whom it may; concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY W. FisHEL, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and F ew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Jewelry and Methods of Manufacturing the Same, of which the'following is a specification.

Hy invention relates to methods of manufacture of jewelry and more particularly to methods of manufacture of articles of jewelry having surrounding galleries.

The objects of my invention are to simplify the manufacture of such articles of jewelry and to greatly reduce their manufacturing cost. A further object is the production of articles of jewelry having fancy or ornamented galleries. Further objects of my invention are the production of articles of jewelry having greater strength and beauty than the saw-pierced articles heretofore made. Other objects and advantages of my invention will hereinafter appear in the following description.

I will now describe the embodiment of my invention illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and will thereafter point out my invention in claims.

In the drawing I have shown my invention as applied to the manufacture of a barpin, but it is equally adapted to the manufacture of many other articles of jewelry.

Figure 1 is a face view of a block or bar of metal adapted to be worked into an articleof jewelry.

Fig. 2 is a face view of the bar of metal after the stamping operation.

Fig. 8 is a face view of the body of the article of jewelry after the trimming or cutting operation.

Fig. 4 is a side view of the same.

Fig. 5 is a face View of a gallery used in connection with my invention.

Fig. 6 is a side View of the same.

Fig. 7 is a face view of the completed article of jewelry.

Fig. 8 is a side view of the same.

Fig. 9 is a cross-section of the same taken on the line 99 of Fig. 8.

My method of manufacturing jewelry comprises three main operations whichare first, a stamping operation; second, a trim ming or cutting operation; and third, the

operation of fitting the gallery over the body of the article and soldering it thereto. It is also possible to combine the stamping tand cutting operations into a single opera- In carrying out my invention I take a block of suitable metal, and place it in a stamping press containing a die shaped to form the body of the article of jewelry desired to be manufactured. The block of metal 1 is then stamped and the body 2 of the jewelry article, having a margin 3 of waste metal surrounding it, is formed, as is shown in Fig. 2.' In stamping out the body 2, I provide protuberances or studs 4, projecting from the body 2. I next cut the body 2 and studs 4 from the surrounding margin 3 of waste metal with a cutting die having the same contour as the stamping die. The body 2 is thus completely formed and separated and as thus formed and separated is shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

The body 2 as thus formed is provided with the usual jewel sockets 5 and may also be ornamented as desired.

I next take a gallery 6 which is of the same shape or contour as the body 2, but of slightly greater perimeter, and is adapted to fit over the studs 4 formed on the body 2, and place this gallery in desired relation to the body 2 and the studs 4 and solder it in place by soldering the ends of the studs to the inner face of the gallery.

This gallery 6 consists of a strip of suitable metal, usually having a beveled upper portion 7 so as to form a sharp or knife edge. One of the advantages of having a separately made gallery adapted to be secured to the body is that the body may be made of any suitable soft metal that lends itself very readily to the stamping and cutting operations, and the gallery of a harder metal. The gallery thus strengthens the entire article and at the same time facilitates the manufacture greatly and reduces its cost. The gallery 6 is usually provided with suitable open-work ornamentation 8, all of which can be produced while it is a separate piece. This, of course, is lmpracticable in saw-pierced articles, where the gallery is formed by saw-piercing the body. In such instances the sides of the gallery are plain and the gallery is of ne cessity of the same material as the body.

It is obvious that various modifications may be made in the constructions shown in the drawing and above particularly described within the principle and scope of my invention.

I claim:

1. The method of manufacturing jewelry consisting in forming the bodythereof with projections from'the sides of suchbody and attaching a gallery around the body by securin itto the projections from the body.

2. he method of manufacturing galleried articles of jewelry consisting informing the body and the galleryin separate parts, the parts being so related that when they are assembled, with the gallery surrounding the body, there will be an open space between the body and the gallery, and attaching the gallery to the body by bridging parts at intervals. 7

3. The method of manufacturing galleried articles of jewelry consisting in forming the body and the gallery in separate parts, the parts being so related that when they are assembled, with the gallery surrounding the body, there will beian open 7 space between the body and the gallery, and forming one of said parts with projections vextending toward the other part, and attaching the gallery to the body by securing the projections of one part to the other part.

4. An article of jewelry, comprising a I hold the gallery in position.

In testimony whereof, I have affixed my signature to this specification.

HENRY W. FISHELL 

